Setting background color on toast makes it rectangular

Question

If I set the background color of my Toast with

            t.getView().setBackgroundColor(
                    ctx.getResources().getColor(R.color.myorange));

the new (Android 4.4) rounded Toast becomes rectangular. Any way to prevent this apart from using a custom rounded background Drawable?

Answer 1

Do not try to set the background color directly, set a color filter instead. That will preserve the toast shape:

int backgroundColor = ResourcesCompat.getColor(t.getView().getResources(), R.color.myorange, null);
t.getView().getBackground().setColorFilter(backgroundColor, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);